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Pope Francis leads Catholic Church from hospital as health shows slight improvement

Despite being in the Gemelli hospital in Rome for the past ten days, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church and its one billion followers worldwide. The Vatican provided a medical update on Sunday evening which said that despite its severity, the pope’s clinical condition has shown signs…

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Thousands gather outside the Vatican to pray for Pope Francis' health

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and gratitude for his efforts to steer the Catholic Church in new directions

The Independent UK

Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church

Pope Francis, who remains in critical condition and hospitalized as he battles pneumonia in both lungs, was elected pope on March 13, 2013, after the surprise resignation of Benedict XVI.

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Who could be the next Pope?

Pope Francis died on Monday hours after he had greeted more than 35,000 people on Easter Sunday at the Vatican

Evening Standard

With ‘mild’ kidney failure, Pope remains critical: What happens if he can’t govern?

Vatican City – Pope Francis remains in critical condition for a second consecutive day, battling double pneumonia and mild kidney failure, the Vatican

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Who leads the Catholic Church when the Pope is sick?

Nothing has changed in his status, role or power since Francis was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013

The Independent UK

How A 'Forgotten' Minnesota Monastery Inspired 'The Brutalist'

On a snowy prairie in Minnesota stands a monastery like no other. Their order has shrunk, from being the world's largest male Benedictine monastery with 340 monks, to below 100.

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Pope Marks Week In Hospital Amid Questions Over Future

Pope Francis marked a week in hospital with pneumonia Friday, as speculation grew over the 88-year-old's ability to continue leading the Catholic Church.

International Business Times

Conclave: Inside the secret election to choose the next Pope

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years

The Independent UK

Martyrs? Bacchanalia? Chaucer? Delving into the murky origins of Valentine’s Day

Lovers have always batted their eyes on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead

The Independent UK

Pope Francis Pens Emotional Warning Against Trump's Mass Deportation Orders: 'What Is Built on the Basis of Force' Will 'End Badly'

Pope Francis called for Christians to treat migrants with the same dignity they treat the people with power in a letter shared on Monday.

Latin Times

Pope Told To 'Stick To Church' After Trump Migrant Critique

Pope Francis described Donald Trump's migrant deportations as a "major crisis" Tuesday, prompting a rebuke from the US president's border czar, who told the pontiff to "stick to the Catholic Church".

International Business Times

Pope Francis has tough words for Trump on immigration

Head of the Catholic Church asked people ‘of good will’ to not give into narratives about migrants being criminals

The Independent UK

Emails detail how the NFL's New Orleans Saints helped the local church handle fallout from sex-abuse scandal

Shocking new emails show how far officials from the New Orleans Saints went to help church leaders handle the fallout from a sex scandal.

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Pope lists tragedies of children in war and trafficking at a rights summit

Pope Francis has convened a high-level summit to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and exploitation

Al Jazeera

Fact check: RFK Jr’s statements during Senate confirmation hearing

Kennedy Jr denied and downplayed past controversial comments during his hearing for HHS secretary.

Fortune

The Catholic Church condemns the use of AI in war — ‘No machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being’

The Vatican is warning the public about the potential abuse of AI.

The Conversation

Rest, reorientation and hope – the pillars of 2025’s Catholic Jubilee year

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through Jan. 6, 2026. But what is a Jubilee, and what is this year’s about?

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10 years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, conversations about free speech are still too black and white

In January 2015, 12 people were killed at the French satirist magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office after it published controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Ten years later, the tragic events continue to resonate in global conversations about limits to the freedom of expression.

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Luce, a cartoon mascot for Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, appeals to a younger generation while embracing time-honored traditions

Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian, has been getting a lot of attention on social media. Some people love the cartoon and find her “cute,” but a few others consider her “unsuitable” and even “repugnant.”

Reason

Nicaragua's Regime Wages War on Religious Freedom

President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on religion is part of a broader attack on civil liberties.

The Walrus

The Pope’s Feminism: Progress for Women, Just Not Too Much

As calls for female ordination grow, the Vatican grapples with its limits

The Conversation

Psychological thriller Conclave looks at the election of the pope. What’s the real story?

The new film Conclave is a psychological thriller looking at the selection of the new pope. But what is a conclave, and where did this ritual begin?

Latin Times

Pope Francis Criticizes Unfriendly Nuns with 'Nasty Vinegar' Faces, Tells Them to Stop Speaking with Devil

The Pope emphasized the importance of friendliness and love in embodying the virtues of the Catholic Church as he told nuns to abandon 'vinegar' faces Sunday.

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Pope Francis Appoints First Woman To Lead Vatican Office

Pope Francis appoints Sister Simona Brambilla as the first woman prefect of a major Vatican office, signaling a historic shift towards gender diversity in ...

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